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i honestly thought that elevation church
could not get any less discernment i
honestly thought that they couldn't be
any more unwise than they already are
but then i found a post on the elevation
youth group instagram account that was
truly appalling the post was recently
made for black history month and it has
multiple pictures of the former
president barack obama smiling and a
quote that says this quote change will
not come if we wait for some other
person or some other time end quote so
in today's video we are going to compare
this post to scripture and deal with
some potential objections that might
arise as well so without any further ado
let's get straight into it for starters
let's read the post a little differently
the post talks vaguely about change but
i think it could just as easily be read
as positive change after all why would
you make a post for black history month
of someone who you think facilitated
negative change so the post could easily
and accurately be reread to say positive
change will not come if we wait for some
other person or some other time in other
words the central meaning of the post is
that former president barack obama
facilitated and encouraged positive
change in the united states but even
more than this the implication of the
post is that the positive change that
obama created should be honored and
praised in the church among christians
again that's what the post is doing it's
literally praising barack obama from a
church instagram account so it's not a
stretch to say that they recommend this
so in summary elevation church believes
that barack obama was a force for
positive christian change and is an
example that young christians in their
youth group should look up to that's
what the post is doing the implications
of this post are so unbiblical so wicked
that it's really hard to imagine that
any church with an ounce of biblical
discernment could have posted this and
that actually makes sense elevation
church does not have an ounce of
biblical discernment and therefore they
are precisely the type of church that
would post this kind of thing now some
of you might be asking what's the big
deal with elevation church posting this
i happen to think barack obama was a
pretty cool guy i don't agree with
everything he said but i think he's
pretty cool what exactly did he do that
you think is so wrong that elevation
church can't promote him and to that i
would simply respond by asking how much
time do you have the list of wicked and
unbiblical things supported and defended
by president barack obama is too long to
list in a single video that would
require multiple encyclopedias to cover
he is an evil man who god is most
certainly displeased with to say the
least of course obama can always repent
and trust in christ and his sins can be
washed away if he does that but until
then
my point still stands so let's start
with obama's views on so-called gay
marriage to illustrate this shall we in
2007 obama said the following quote i
believe that marriage is the union
between a man and a woman now for me as
a christian it is also a sacred union
end quote this seems to be a very strong
christian position doesn't it but in
2009 just a little bit later obama's
views had completely changed he was then
quoted as saying the following quote
i've just concluded that for me
personally it is important for me to
affirm that i think same-sex couples
should be able to get married end quote
the article from which these quotes were
taken will be linked in the description
they're all accurate you will find that
over the course of obama's political
career he went from being firmly against
gay marriage to firmly in support of it
why because obama is a shill for the
secular world he does not serve christ
in any discernible way he is not a
christian in any discernible way after
all in john 14 15 jesus himself says
quote if you love me you will keep my
commandments and part of the command of
scripture is that marriage is the
god-created institution of the exclusive
union of a man to a woman there are no
exceptions to this romans 1 26-27 calls
homosexuality a shameful lust a
dishonorable passion a sinful sexual
deviancy that is worthy of strict
punishment from god these are the
bible's words not mine there is
absolutely no way that you can be a good
consistent christian who believes the
bible and puts it into practice and
still affirm the marriage of a man to a
man or a woman to a woman such a union
is an affront to god's creative decree
and a wicked partnership that god calls
an abomination gay marriage was
officially legalized in the united
states under guess whose presidency
barack obama in the year 2015 and barack
said and did absolutely nothing to
oppose this unbiblical and disgusting
action on the part of the united states
government he did nothing to stop this
in fact he actively supported this in a
speech given to the lgbt pride reception
in obama's white house obama said this
quote we live in an america where all of
us are treated more equally and
insurance companies can no longer turn
someone away simply because of who you
love but together we've proven that
change is possible that progress is
possible end quote you hear that folks
the change that obama wanted to create
was a change that saw more homosexuality
being practiced openly in the united
states obama's positive change for
america was one that ripped the biblical
foundations of marriage away from our
society and yet elevation church still
posted a picture that said obama's
change to this country was positive and
that christians should admire and
respect the changes he made they have
made an explicit post that encourages
their children in elevation church to be
inspired by the change that barack obama
created but according to the man's own
words the change he wanted to create in
this country is an affront to god and an
affront to his word it doesn't get more
unbiblical than that folks so next let's
take a look at obama's views with
regards to the murder of unborn children
shall we because nothing says you're a
great christian role model quite like
murdering babies right well over the
course of obama's eight-year presidency
in the united states there were a
whopping 7 million 982
250 unborn babies brutally slaughtered
and saint barack the diligent christian
that he is did absolutely nothing to
stop this from happening in fact again
he actively campaigned in favor of a
woman's right to murder her child what
does the bible say about all this though
well psalm 139 verse 13 says quote for
you formed my inward parts you knitted
me together in my mother's womb i will
praise you for i am fearfully and
wonderfully made end quote this passage
makes it abundantly clear that god is
actively creating actively forming
infants in the womb when a child is
conceived and growing in the womb of its
mother god is facilitating that growth
directly therefore to destroy this work
of god is to deliberately block to
actively wipe out the product of god's
own creative decree more than this you
are taking an innocent life and
murdering a child that has no way to
defend itself exodus 20 13 says quote
you shall not murder it can't get more
obvious than that can it so it is clear
that abortion is murder and it is also
clear that god opposes murder but barack
obama on the other hand is completely in
favor of murdering infants he thinks
that this is a good positive change for
society and of course change will not
happen if you wait for another person
and another time will it elevation
church this was a change that he himself
helped advance in the world the change
of wickedness the change of disgusting
sin and in response to all of this
despite all of this rather elevation
church has posted a picture that
encourages the young people in their
congregation to revere respect and
emulate someone who thinks murdering
babies is a human right unbelievable
elevation church has allowed their youth
group to venerate a political figure who
actively and deliberately did his very
best to deny god's ethical standard and
to disobey his word as romans 1 32 says
quote though they know god's righteous
decree that those who practice such
things deserve to die they not only do
them but give approval to those who
practice them end quote so with all of
this in mind how on earth could any
christian be supportive of barack obama
in any way you see every day i wake up
thinking there is no way that elevation
church could be any more unbiblical
they've gone too far already there is no
way that they could be any more foolish
and undiscerning than they already are
and surprise surprise every morning they
never cease to defy my wildest
expectations make no mistake this is not
something that god will excuse these are
not things that god is neutral on in the
church we must take a firm stance
against murder and against sexual
immorality that used to go without
saying for god himself takes hard
stances against these things in his word
elevation church's weak theology is
being exposed more and more by the day
isaiah 5 20 says quote woe to those who
call evil good and good evil end quote
to celebrate the political change that
obama facilitated in america is to
celebrate evil to call this change
positive or good is to call evil
positive it is to call evil good the
lord has commanded us explicitly not to
do this in his word he has said woe to
people who do this but elevation church
in their desperate desire to be
culturally relevant has established time
and time again that the explicit command
of god's word is merely an afterthought
this has become part and parcel of their
ministry at large so before we conclude
this video i want to deal with a few
possible objections some people will say
that elevation church is merely praising
barack obama's speaking capabilities
they're merely praising his charisma in
the post they're not supporting his
politics explicitly they're not saying
that he's a great person they're saying
he's an effective leader and to that i
would respond by saying this you're
probably right elevation church knows
all about promoting leaders that have
all this charisma all these speaking
abilities and yet lack the values that
are consistent with scripture that's
what they've been doing for years with
their own pastor steven furtick so it's
no surprise that they do the same thing
with their politicians but in any case
remember that adolf hitler promoted mass
murder and was also considered a great
speaker but if german history month were
to show up which it never will i don't
think elevation church would be posting
anything about good old adolf now would
they you can clearly see the double
standard here and of course there will
be another objection in the comment
section of this video i know for a fact
that there will be several comments
bringing up good old donald trump oh
colin you think christians can't support
obama but they can support that horrible
donald trump trump committed adultery
trump has said a lot of mean things in
the past and my answer to that is this
how did a conversation about the
explicit sinful promotion of barack
obama by elevation church somehow become
a conversation about the potential
promotion of donald trump by some
conservative christians that's what you
call a red herring folks and i'm not
going to fall for it nothing trump has
ever said or done makes this action on
elevation church's part ethical nothing
trump has ever said or done is relevant
to this post at all i have shown you
explicit proof that one of the most
popular evangelical churches in america
just promoted a radical pro-murder
pro-lgbt politician your response to
that should be to say yes and amen and
to agree that this is a sinful and evil
thing to promote if your first response
is instead to whine and moan about
donald trump i think that tells you your
moral compass needs some maintenance on
it if you want your comments to be taken
seriously you need to actually respond
to the topic at hand don't bring up
distractions that have nothing to do
with this elevation church is promoting
an immoral wicked and disgusting
worldview to their children indirectly
by way of encouraging them to emulate
barack obama for these are the things
that obama stood for this is unbiblical
to the highest degree and it exposes
even more of the appalling lack of
discernment that is being exercised at
elevation church it's entirely
unsurprising this is what we've come to
expect from elevation so pray for them
that they would repent of this nonsense
and turn to the truth of god's word
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